Before the silent meditation Alan briefly reviews what he has already explained a couple of days ago: If the visualizations keep you awake or you just can’t visualize them, then it’s better to either settle your mind in its natural state (if you tend to fall asleep easily) or practice mindfulness of breathing (if you’re one of the poor souls who can’t fall asleep). After the meditation Alan once again looks back first only to then venture into the practice associated with dreamless...
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Alan Wallace public talk A Buddhist View on Conative Intelligence at Vajrayana Institute 2019.
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Teachings from The Way of Shamatha Retreat with Alan Wallace and Eva Natanya December 2019 at Balmain Town Hall. Hosted by Vajrayana Institute
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Mindfulness: Buddhist and Scientific Views Free Public Talk by B. Alan Wallace Date & Times: Monday 26 March, 7.00pm-9.00pm Venue: Vajrayana Institute, 9 Victoria Square Ashfield NSW Bringing in his experience as a monk, scientist and contemplative, Alan Wallace offers a rich synthesis of Eastern and Western traditions' understanding of the quality of mindfulness and its cultivation. With the increasing importance of mindfulness in both clinical and corporate settings, this is a good chance...
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FOUR IMMEASURABLES RETREAT Balancing the Heart and Mind with B. Alan Wallace President, Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies Dates: 19-25 October 2014 Venue: St Joseph's Centre for Reflective Living, Baulkham Hills NSW A week-long meditation retreat for cultivating a boundless heart Learn to settle body and mind deeply into meditation Develop attention skills with shamatha/meditative quiescence meditation Enhance emotional skills through four immeasurables meditation Equally...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Loving Kindness, Four Immeasurables, B. Alan Wallace
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A Public Talk with B. Alan Wallace: Sleeping, Dreaming and Dying Date & Times: Sunday 21 October 7-9pm Venue: Vajrayana Institute, 9 Victoria Square Ashfield This talk will revolve around three key moments of consciousness--sleep, dreams, and death--in the yoga of dreams, the death process and preparing for the next life. Alan Wallace will present the six transitional phases (or Bardo in Tibetan) of living, meditation, dreaming, dying, ultimate reality and becoming, based on the ancient...
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In this lecture renowned Buddhist scholar and practitioner Alan Wallace will discuss the diverse views from scientists, philosophers, theologians, and Buddhists on the question of what makes us human and present the Buddhist emphasis on the rarity and great value of human existence because it provides unparalleled opportunities for realizing our highest potential.
Topics: Alan Wallace, Buddhism, Scientific view, Buddhist philosophy
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Cultivating Cognitive Intelligence with B. Alan Wallace Date & Time: Saturday 18 October 2014, 7pm-8.30pm The cultivation of insight into the nature of reality is central to the Buddha's teachings and the primary factor that leads to liberation and spiritual awakening. But such insight is obstructed by the cognitive imbalances of failing to apprehend what is true and of misapprehending that which is untrue as being true. In daily life, it is not uncommon for us to project ideas onto people...
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B. Alan Wallace Public Talk Cultivating Attentional Intelligence with B. Alan Wallace Date & Time: Tuesday 12 August 2014, 7pm-8.30pm The cultivation of highly focused, stable, clear attention is central to the Buddha's teachings on the path to spiritual awakening. As he declared, "The mind that is established in equipoise comes to know reality as it is." While this has always been an indispensable foundation for the cultivation of insight, the training of attention is all the...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Buddhism, Cultivating Attentional Intelligence, Mind, Attention
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The Four Applications of Mindfulness with B. Alan Wallace President, Santa Barbara Consciousness Institute, USA 31 October - 6 November 2013 Organized by Vajrayana Institute Venue: Brahma Kumaris Centre Wilton NSW Australia An extraordinary opportunity to join Alan Wallace on a week-long meditation retreat. Learn to meditate deeply Practice mindfulness in a retreat environment Cultivate awareness as a foundation for insight (vipashyana) Equally rewarding for beginners and advanced meditators...
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Introduction to Dzogchen Retreat Explore the View, Meditation and Conduct of the Great Perfection with B. Alan Wallace 22 - 28 October 2012 A residential retreat at St. Joseph's Centre for Reflective Living, Baulkham Hills, NSW Australia About the Retreat The central theme of the teachings on the Great Perfection, or Dzogchen in Tibetan, is the realization of one's own Buddha nature, which is known as "pristine awareness" (rigpa). During this weeklong retreat Alan Wallace will offer a...
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Public Talk: Cultivating Conative Intelligence with B. Alan Wallace Date & Times: Wednesday 30 October 7-8.30pm Venue: Vajrayana Institute, 9 Victoria Square Ashfield Alan will talk about the cultivation of wise desires and intentions, which constitute conative intelligence. About the teacher B. Alan Wallace has taught Buddhist meditation and philosophy worldwide since 1976 and has served as interpreter for numerous Tibetan scholars and contemplatives, including H.H. the Dalai Lama. After...
Topics: Vajrayana Institute, Alan Wallace, Conative Intelligence, Cultivating Emotional Balance, CEB
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Lucid Dreaming and Dream Yoga Retreat with B. Alan Wallace 25- 31 October 2011 Organized by Vajrayana Institute, Sydney (www.vajrayana.com.au) Modern scientific research into lucid dreaming draws a sharp distinction between the waking state and dreaming, and it has developed practical methods for inducing lucidity, namely, recognizing that we are dreaming while we are dreaming. The ancient Buddhist contemplative tradition of dream yoga points out deep similarities between the waking state and...
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Lucid Dreaming and Dream Yoga Retreat with B. Alan Wallace 25- 31 October 2011 Organized by Vajrayana Institute, Sydney (www.vajrayana.com.au) Modern scientific research into lucid dreaming draws a sharp distinction between the waking state and dreaming, and it has developed practical methods for inducing lucidity, namely, recognizing that we are dreaming while we are dreaming. The ancient Buddhist contemplative tradition of dream yoga points out deep similarities between the waking state and...
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Lucid Dreaming and Dream Yoga Retreat with B. Alan Wallace 25- 31 October 2011 Organized by Vajrayana Institute, Sydney (www.vajrayana.com.au) Modern scientific research into lucid dreaming draws a sharp distinction between the waking state and dreaming, and it has developed practical methods for inducing lucidity, namely, recognizing that we are dreaming while we are dreaming. The ancient Buddhist contemplative tradition of dream yoga points out deep similarities between the waking state and...
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Lucid Dreaming and Dream Yoga Retreat with B. Alan Wallace 25- 31 October 2011 Organized by Vajrayana Institute, Sydney (www.vajrayana.com.au) Modern scientific research into lucid dreaming draws a sharp distinction between the waking state and dreaming, and it has developed practical methods for inducing lucidity, namely, recognizing that we are dreaming while we are dreaming. The ancient Buddhist contemplative tradition of dream yoga points out deep similarities between the waking state and...
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Lucid Dreaming and Dream Yoga Retreat with B. Alan Wallace 25- 31 October 2011 Organized by Vajrayana Institute, Sydney (www.vajrayana.com.au) Modern scientific research into lucid dreaming draws a sharp distinction between the waking state and dreaming, and it has developed practical methods for inducing lucidity, namely, recognizing that we are dreaming while we are dreaming. The ancient Buddhist contemplative tradition of dream yoga points out deep similarities between the waking state and...
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Lucid Dreaming and Dream Yoga Retreat with B. Alan Wallace 25- 31 October 2011 Organized by Vajrayana Institute, Sydney (www.vajrayana.com.au) Modern scientific research into lucid dreaming draws a sharp distinction between the waking state and dreaming, and it has developed practical methods for inducing lucidity, namely, recognizing that we are dreaming while we are dreaming. The ancient Buddhist contemplative tradition of dream yoga points out deep similarities between the waking state and...
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Lucid Dreaming and Dream Yoga Retreat with B. Alan Wallace 25- 31 October 2011 Organized by Vajrayana Institute, Sydney (www.vajrayana.com.au) Modern scientific research into lucid dreaming draws a sharp distinction between the waking state and dreaming, and it has developed practical methods for inducing lucidity, namely, recognizing that we are dreaming while we are dreaming. The ancient Buddhist contemplative tradition of dream yoga points out deep similarities between the waking state and...
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Public Talk: The Conscious Universe: Where Buddhism and Physics Converge by B. Alan Wallace Tuesday 1 November 7.00-9.00pm Physicists have long assumed that the universe is fundamentally composed of matter and energy, and that life and consciousness are accidental byproducts of configurations of matter. But a growing number of distinguished physicists are now suggesting that consciousness may play a much more fundamental role in nature than scientists previously believed. In this lecture Alan...
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Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) is a 42 hour evidence-based training programme for working with our emotions. In response to dialogues with the Dalai Lama, Professor Paul Ekman, a world renowned psychologist within the field of emotions, and Dr. Alan Wallace, a highly respected Buddhist teacher, devised this unique programme. The goal of the CEB training programme is to train participants in the skills for reducing emotional responses that are destructive to self and others, and enhancing...
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Annual Shamatha Retreat 2014 Soothing the Body, Settling the Mind, and Illuminating Awareness with B. Alan Wallace President, Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies Dates: 13-19 August 2014 A week-long meditation retreat with the author of " The Attention Revolution " Learn to meditate deeply and uncover the power of a concentrated mind Equally rewarding for beginners and advanced meditators About the Retreat Few things affect our lives more than our faculty...
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Annual Shamatha Retreat 2014 Soothing the Body, Settling the Mind, and Illuminating Awareness with B. Alan Wallace President, Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies Dates: 13-19 August 2014 Venue: St Joseph's Centre for Reflective Living, Baulkham Hills NSW A week-long meditation retreat with the author of " The Attention Revolution " Learn to meditate deeply and uncover the power of a concentrated mind Equally rewarding for beginners and advanced meditators ...
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Shamatha Retreat with B. Alan Wallace Organized by Vajrayana Institute (www.vajrayana.com.au) Dates & Times: 27 March - 2 April 2012 Venue: St Joseph's Centre for Reflective Living, Baulkham Hills NSW Few things affect our lives more than our faculty of attention. If we can't focus our attention â due to either agitation or dullness â we can't do anything well. We can't study, listen, converse with others, work, play or even sleep well when our attention is impaired. Clearly, if we were...
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